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In 1880, Helen Keller was born in Tuscumbia, Alabama, and as a nineteen month old child, she contracted a disease that left her deaf and blind. Her parents hired Miss Anne Sullivan in 1887, and she taught Helen to finger spell. Helen graduated from Radcliffe College in 1904. Miss Keller and Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy spoke at East Carolina Teachers Training School on May 1, 1916. Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy began by telling about Helen’s life. Helen then spoke to the crowd, and at one point, catching the smell of a lily, had Mrs. Macy find it for her and caressed it. The audience asked Helen questions after her speech. She won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1964, and was elected to the Women’s Hall of Fame in 1965. She also raised money for the American Foundation for the Blind and campaigned to improve the living and working conditions for the blind. “The Unconquered,” a documentary film about Helen Keller’s life, was created in 1953. In 1957, a live drama television play about her life entitled “The Miracle Worker,” was first performed.
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23412
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Helen Keller (1880-1968) perhaps the most celebrated woman in America in her time, and her teacher, Mrs. Anne Sullivan Macy, came to Greenville on tour on May 1, 1916. She spoke at the East Carolina Teachers Training School and a large crowd found her to be “intelligent, brilliant, cheerful, witty, and the very soul of happiness.” The address began with Mrs. Macy who gave a sketch of Keller’s life and prepared the audience to meet her in person. Keller was then led out on the stage to the rostrum, smiling and bowing. The enthralled crowd erupted in applause. While giving her talk, Keller caught the odor of a lily and wanted to find it. Mrs. Macy led her to it and Keller smelled and caressed it and said: “beautiful, beautiful.” The local newspaper the next day proclaimed that everyone felt they had “witnessed a miracle in seeing Helen Keller.”
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